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New Brause Penholders

Scribblers — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:53:51 +0000

We are now stocking two new Brause penholders

Brause Pupil’s Penholder

The Brause Pupil’s Penholder is a thin wooden barrell penholder with a metal end for attaching the nib. 155mm length. Ideal for the Brause Bandzug and Ornament nibs.

Brause Ergonomic Penholder

The Brause Ergonomic Penholder is a wooden ergonomic shaped penholder and is very comfortable to grip. 175mm length.

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Leonardt Mapping Penholder

Scribblers — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:41:26 +0000

The Leonardt Mapping Penholder – with Ferule is suitable for Drawing Nibs 6H and 700 and the Leonardt Lithographic 518 nib.

Leonardt Mapping Penholder

Penholder with Lever

Scribblers — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:52:29 +0000

This natural wood finish penholder overcomes the difficulty of inserting and removing a nib from the penholder.

First pull the lever out, and then insert the nib in to the penholder on the opposite side to the lever. Now push the lever back in to the body of the penholder and the nib is securely gripped.

This penholder is suitable for many types of nibs including William Mitchell, Leonardt Round Hand, Brause and Speedball nibs.

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Speedball Nibs and Penholders

Scribblers — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:41:30 +0000

A Speedball nib and penholder chart is available to download. This useful chart gives a brief description of each nib. Next to each type of nib is a code to identify which Speedball penholder should be used.

Speedball-Product-Chart

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Starting Calligraphy – penholders 2

Scribblers — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:32:13 +0000

The choice of penholder for Copperplate style of writing depends upon the nib you are using and whether you are left or right-handed.

The majority of calligraphers use a straight nib, for example the Leonardt Principal EF or a Gillott 303 nib. If you are using a straight nib and are right-handed you want to use an Oblique Penholder. The reason for this is that an oblique penholder helps a right-handed person hold the pen at the correct angle for copperplate writing. If you are left-handed then you want to use a straight penholder because you arm and hand are already at (or near) the correct angle.

Saying that, a minority of right-handed calligraphers prefer to use a straight penholder with a straight nib and have the paper at a steep angle to help them achieve the correct pen angle.

The Speedball Oblique penholder is suitable for most pointed nibs. Sometimes though, using a pair of pliers, it may be necessary to slightly flatten the part of the nib that fits in the penholder to get a better fit.

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Starting Calligraphy – penholders

Scribblers — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:09:09 +0000

Choosing a penholder is much easier than selecting nibs or ink (there will be some blogs on choosing inks later)

Penholders can be made from a range of materials; plastic, wood and metal. Some penholders are all plastic, for example William Mitchell School Penholder and the Speedball Penholder, others are made from just wood – Brause 1616 Penholder. The majority of penholders though are made from plastic/wood with a metal ‘gripper’ that holds the nib.

The most popular penholders are the William Mitchell Multi-Purpose penholder and the Standard Round penholder. Both of them will hold the vast majority of nibs. Another popular choice is the School penholder.

Some nibs have a tubular shaft and therefore require specific penholders. For example, the Hunt 102 nib needs the Speedball Crow Quill penholder. On our website we have identified the nibs that require a specific penholder. Also, if a penholder is only suitable for a particular nib we have said that in the description.

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